title: Urinary tract infection, day wetting and other voiding symptoms in seven- to eight-year-old Danish children.
abstract: In this cross-sectional epidemiological questionnaire survey of 7-8-y-old Danish school entrants with focus on voiding habits, 29% were found to have symptoms that could suggest that bladder control was not fully developed. The frequency of day wetting, urgency, emptying difficulties, nocturnal enuresis, nocturia and encopresis, and the median frequency of voidings are presented. Furthermore, the relationship between urinary tract infections, day wetting, encopresis and voiding habits is investigated. There was an association between previous urinary tract infection in girls and current voiding symptoms, suggesting bladder dysfunction as a predisposing factor to infections. In particular, focus should be placed on girls with squatting on urge and/or emptying difficulties.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Gentofte Amtssygehus, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Dahm
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003625:Data Collection; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D004688:Encopresis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004775:Enuresis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014551:Urinary Tract / Q000002:abnormalities; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology